BATON ROUGE, La. — South Alabama baseball plays at No. 6 LSU on Wednesday night in the programs’ first meeting since the 1997 NCAA South Regional.
The South Alabama LSU series dates to 1971, and the Jaguars lead it 24-14. In the 1997 regional in Baton Rouge, LSU beat South Alabama twice on its way to the College World Series.
Pitching Matchup
Matt Bell will start for South Alabama. He is 2-2 with a 5.13 ERA, with 18 strikeouts and eight walks in 26 1/3 innings.
LSU will counter with left-hander Cody Glenn (1-1), who has a 4.79 ERA with 11 strikeouts and three walks in 20 2/3 innings.
LSU enters after losing two of three games to No. 3 Vanderbilt last weekend.
Jaguars at the Plate
South Alabama is hitting .239 as a team with one home run and is 3-for-13 on stolen-base attempts.
Sophomore infielder Hayden Jones leads the Jaguars with a .296 average, four doubles and seven RBI. Junior infielder Bud Collura is hitting .277 with a double and six RBI.
How to Follow
The game will be broadcast on 105.5 FM WNSP.
